Paige Roberts
@paige-roberts.bsky.social
Public historian:
Archives & Special Collections at Phillips Academy (Andover, Mass., USA) https://phillipsacademyarchives.net/
Swimming, hiking | Seacoast NH (she/Dr.)
Interested in #EnvHist
Archives & Special Collections at Phillips Academy (Andover, Mass., USA) https://phillipsacademyarchives.net/
Swimming, hiking | Seacoast NH (she/Dr.)
Interested in #EnvHist
Pinned
Paige Roberts
@paige-roberts.bsky.social
· Jul 16
Amazing trip to China with particular focus on places connected with early Chinese students at Phillips Academy (Andover) since the 1870s. Educational diplomacy!
chinesestudents.andover.edu
chinesestudents.andover.edu
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Come work here at Illinois! We have two Diversity Residency Visiting positions open. I'm chairing one of the two searches:
www.library.illinois.edu/geninfo/resi... #libraryjobs
www.library.illinois.edu/geninfo/resi... #libraryjobs
Library Diversity Residency Program – General Information – U of I Library
www.library.illinois.edu
November 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Come work here at Illinois! We have two Diversity Residency Visiting positions open. I'm chairing one of the two searches:
www.library.illinois.edu/geninfo/resi... #libraryjobs
www.library.illinois.edu/geninfo/resi... #libraryjobs
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I'm at @clirnews.bsky.social DLF Forum today grappling with the AI paradox: we hate Big AI's extractive practices but people are using these tools anyway. @anildash.com's piece on Mozilla offers a way forward: Don't just protest, build better alternatives.
foundhistory.org/learning-fro...
foundhistory.org/learning-fro...
Learning from Firefox: Building Better AI for Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage
People Like AI. What Do We Do That?
foundhistory.org
November 17, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I'm at @clirnews.bsky.social DLF Forum today grappling with the AI paradox: we hate Big AI's extractive practices but people are using these tools anyway. @anildash.com's piece on Mozilla offers a way forward: Don't just protest, build better alternatives.
foundhistory.org/learning-fro...
foundhistory.org/learning-fro...
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The Responsible AI in Libraries and Archives team has released Viewfinder: A toolkit for values-driven AI in libraries and archives that was created by librarians and tech ethicists at four universities.
Print-at-home PDF: osf.io/yue9s
Interactive website: www.lib.montana.edu/responsible-...
Print-at-home PDF: osf.io/yue9s
Interactive website: www.lib.montana.edu/responsible-...
Responsible AI - MSU Library | Montana State University
www.lib.montana.edu
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
The Responsible AI in Libraries and Archives team has released Viewfinder: A toolkit for values-driven AI in libraries and archives that was created by librarians and tech ethicists at four universities.
Print-at-home PDF: osf.io/yue9s
Interactive website: www.lib.montana.edu/responsible-...
Print-at-home PDF: osf.io/yue9s
Interactive website: www.lib.montana.edu/responsible-...
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Cover Reveal for The Infinite Loop!
Cover for The Infinite Loop: Archives and Time Travel in the Popular Imagination by Lynne M. Thomas and Katy Rawdon. The title and author text are black text on a white background. Above and below the title block is a pattern of bright pink concentric circles.…
Cover for The Infinite Loop: Archives and Time Travel in the Popular Imagination by Lynne M. Thomas and Katy Rawdon. The title and author text are black text on a white background. Above and below the title block is a pattern of bright pink concentric circles.…
Cover Reveal for The Infinite Loop!
Cover for The Infinite Loop: Archives and Time Travel in the Popular Imagination by Lynne M. Thomas and Katy Rawdon. The title and author text are black text on a white background. Above and below the title block is a pattern of bright pink concentric circles. BEHOLD! The cover for The Infinite Loop! It is now live and preorders are available on the ALA…
lynnemthomas.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Cover Reveal for The Infinite Loop!
Cover for The Infinite Loop: Archives and Time Travel in the Popular Imagination by Lynne M. Thomas and Katy Rawdon. The title and author text are black text on a white background. Above and below the title block is a pattern of bright pink concentric circles.…
Cover for The Infinite Loop: Archives and Time Travel in the Popular Imagination by Lynne M. Thomas and Katy Rawdon. The title and author text are black text on a white background. Above and below the title block is a pattern of bright pink concentric circles.…
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Missed the Challenging Maps and Exploration Symposium? Don’t worry, the videos of the panels are now live!
Enjoy all the discussions of #maps, #empire, Indigeneity, archives, and contemporary exploration. #skystorians 🗃️
Enjoy all the discussions of #maps, #empire, Indigeneity, archives, and contemporary exploration. #skystorians 🗃️
Sunderland Collection Map Symposium at RGS - 30 October
The Sunderland Collection Symposium at the Royal Geographical Society, 30 October 2025
l.uk-1.a.mimecastprotect.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Missed the Challenging Maps and Exploration Symposium? Don’t worry, the videos of the panels are now live!
Enjoy all the discussions of #maps, #empire, Indigeneity, archives, and contemporary exploration. #skystorians 🗃️
Enjoy all the discussions of #maps, #empire, Indigeneity, archives, and contemporary exploration. #skystorians 🗃️
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ACLS Digital Justice Seed & Development Grants. (Due to ofa.acls.org by 9:00 PM EST on 11/20/25)
The ACLS Digital Justice Grant program supports projects that diversify the digital domain, advance justice in digital scholarly practice, contribute to understanding of racial & social justice issues.
The ACLS Digital Justice Grant program supports projects that diversify the digital domain, advance justice in digital scholarly practice, contribute to understanding of racial & social justice issues.
ACLS Online Fellowship and Grant Administration System
ofa.acls.org
November 8, 2025 at 2:13 AM
ACLS Digital Justice Seed & Development Grants. (Due to ofa.acls.org by 9:00 PM EST on 11/20/25)
The ACLS Digital Justice Grant program supports projects that diversify the digital domain, advance justice in digital scholarly practice, contribute to understanding of racial & social justice issues.
The ACLS Digital Justice Grant program supports projects that diversify the digital domain, advance justice in digital scholarly practice, contribute to understanding of racial & social justice issues.
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We are featured in over 50 news outlets today: PhD student David Mahoney's research using web archives, @archive.org, to measure historic website emissions, offering a new method and open-source code for analysing & highlighting online environmental impact. www.energylivenews.com/2025/11/11/c...
COP websites emit 10 times more carbon than average webpages - Energy Live News
COP conference websites emit more carbon per page view than typical webpages
www.energylivenews.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:34 AM
We are featured in over 50 news outlets today: PhD student David Mahoney's research using web archives, @archive.org, to measure historic website emissions, offering a new method and open-source code for analysing & highlighting online environmental impact. www.energylivenews.com/2025/11/11/c...
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Hey this is today. 😊
November 11, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Hey this is today. 😊
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Learn more about the background and process in this CNI briefing from @jasonclark.bsky.social and @doralyn.bsky.social youtu.be/-N0u7OMebtw?...
Bringing AI into Focus with Viewfinder: A New Toolkit for Values-driven AI in Libraries & Archives
YouTube video by CNI: Coalition for Networked Information
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Learn more about the background and process in this CNI briefing from @jasonclark.bsky.social and @doralyn.bsky.social youtu.be/-N0u7OMebtw?...
Harvard Library has a beta Collections Explorer for Special Collections
collex.lib.harvard.edu
AI-based hybrid search with natural language interaction
#SpecialCollections
cc @dhandlib.bsky.social
collex.lib.harvard.edu
AI-based hybrid search with natural language interaction
#SpecialCollections
cc @dhandlib.bsky.social
Collections Explorer
Explore Harvard Library's special collection materials using semantic search
collex.lib.harvard.edu
November 10, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Harvard Library has a beta Collections Explorer for Special Collections
collex.lib.harvard.edu
AI-based hybrid search with natural language interaction
#SpecialCollections
cc @dhandlib.bsky.social
collex.lib.harvard.edu
AI-based hybrid search with natural language interaction
#SpecialCollections
cc @dhandlib.bsky.social
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"Arctic Pasts and Presents (Presence)" by Tess McCoy is the fifth post in Part V of the Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North series edited by @issygapp.bsky.social and guest edited by @sarahmpicks.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/11/06/a...
#envhist #envhum #arthistory #indigenous #arctic
niche-canada.org/2025/11/06/a...
#envhist #envhum #arthistory #indigenous #arctic
Arctic Pasts and Presents (Presence)
Contemporary Circumpolar Indigenous artists express visual sovereignty through traditional and innovative materials, reclaiming identity, resisting colonialism, and connecting generations across time.
niche-canada.org
November 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
"Arctic Pasts and Presents (Presence)" by Tess McCoy is the fifth post in Part V of the Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North series edited by @issygapp.bsky.social and guest edited by @sarahmpicks.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/11/06/a...
#envhist #envhum #arthistory #indigenous #arctic
niche-canada.org/2025/11/06/a...
#envhist #envhum #arthistory #indigenous #arctic
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The Rare Books and Manuscripts #SpecialCollections Conference CFP is live! web.cvent.com/event/0f0104...
Want to put together a panel? There is a planning for for that!
#RBMS26
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Want to put together a panel? There is a planning for for that!
#RBMS26
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
RBMS 2026 CFP Collaboration
docs.google.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The Rare Books and Manuscripts #SpecialCollections Conference CFP is live! web.cvent.com/event/0f0104...
Want to put together a panel? There is a planning for for that!
#RBMS26
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Want to put together a panel? There is a planning for for that!
#RBMS26
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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It’s very much a prototype but I have to share a preview of the interface @djevans.bsky.social is working on for our Viral Texts data—it maps reprinting data back onto the newspaper page, allowing users to browse what reprints appeared together on each page—with links back to full reprint clusters
November 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
It’s very much a prototype but I have to share a preview of the interface @djevans.bsky.social is working on for our Viral Texts data—it maps reprinting data back onto the newspaper page, allowing users to browse what reprints appeared together on each page—with links back to full reprint clusters
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Join us on Nov. 14 for our upcoming seminar, "Analyzing Networks Through Pension Claims: African American Women's Community Making at the Turn of the Twentieth Century." Author Halima Haruna with comments by @alkleintop.bsky.social Register here: www.masshist.org/eve...
November 7, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Join us on Nov. 14 for our upcoming seminar, "Analyzing Networks Through Pension Claims: African American Women's Community Making at the Turn of the Twentieth Century." Author Halima Haruna with comments by @alkleintop.bsky.social Register here: www.masshist.org/eve...
new British Library digital preservation policy
www.bl.uk/stories/blog...
"The policy is built around 4 interdependent principles that shape the BL approach to digital preservation: pragmatism, consistency, risk awareness, and sustainability."
via Maureen Pennock
#DigiPres #iPres25 #wdpd25
www.bl.uk/stories/blog...
"The policy is built around 4 interdependent principles that shape the BL approach to digital preservation: pragmatism, consistency, risk awareness, and sustainability."
via Maureen Pennock
#DigiPres #iPres25 #wdpd25
Launching our new Digital Preservation Policy
On World Digital Preservation Day 2025, we’re pleased to announce the release of our new Digital Preservation Policy.
www.bl.uk
November 6, 2025 at 1:34 PM
new British Library digital preservation policy
www.bl.uk/stories/blog...
"The policy is built around 4 interdependent principles that shape the BL approach to digital preservation: pragmatism, consistency, risk awareness, and sustainability."
via Maureen Pennock
#DigiPres #iPres25 #wdpd25
www.bl.uk/stories/blog...
"The policy is built around 4 interdependent principles that shape the BL approach to digital preservation: pragmatism, consistency, risk awareness, and sustainability."
via Maureen Pennock
#DigiPres #iPres25 #wdpd25
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Really pleased to announce the launch of the all-new, all-dancing, London Lives website - www.londonlives.org It has been thoroughly re-engineered to facilitate more types of search, and redesigned for phones and tablets. The team very much hopes peope like it. 1/
London Lives
www.londonlives.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Really pleased to announce the launch of the all-new, all-dancing, London Lives website - www.londonlives.org It has been thoroughly re-engineered to facilitate more types of search, and redesigned for phones and tablets. The team very much hopes peope like it. 1/
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📣📣 PRIZE 📣📣
The International Society for the History of the Map (ISHMap) is pleased to invite nominations and self-nominations for its Prize for Projects in Map History.
Details: ishmap.com/prize-for-pr...
@kparkerhistorian.bsky.social
The International Society for the History of the Map (ISHMap) is pleased to invite nominations and self-nominations for its Prize for Projects in Map History.
Details: ishmap.com/prize-for-pr...
@kparkerhistorian.bsky.social
Prize for Projects in Map History 2026
The International Society for the History of the Map (ISHMap) is pleased to invite nominations and self-nominations for its Prize for Projects in Map History. The ISHMap Prize in for Pr…
ishmap.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
📣📣 PRIZE 📣📣
The International Society for the History of the Map (ISHMap) is pleased to invite nominations and self-nominations for its Prize for Projects in Map History.
Details: ishmap.com/prize-for-pr...
@kparkerhistorian.bsky.social
The International Society for the History of the Map (ISHMap) is pleased to invite nominations and self-nominations for its Prize for Projects in Map History.
Details: ishmap.com/prize-for-pr...
@kparkerhistorian.bsky.social
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✨📢 ENABLAR is a new initiative from @jisc.bsky.social + @proghist.bsky.social, bringing library and archive practitioners into dialogue with digital humanities researchers.
We’re gathering a cohort to join our online programme of webinars, workshops, and writing sprints.
tinyurl.com/enablar-blog
We’re gathering a cohort to join our online programme of webinars, workshops, and writing sprints.
tinyurl.com/enablar-blog
October 30, 2025 at 4:50 PM
✨📢 ENABLAR is a new initiative from @jisc.bsky.social + @proghist.bsky.social, bringing library and archive practitioners into dialogue with digital humanities researchers.
We’re gathering a cohort to join our online programme of webinars, workshops, and writing sprints.
tinyurl.com/enablar-blog
We’re gathering a cohort to join our online programme of webinars, workshops, and writing sprints.
tinyurl.com/enablar-blog
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All but "amateurs". Join us in May 2026 for a conference on citizen history and people's commitment to preserve the past.
The call is open until December 20
Collaboration between @c2dh.uni.lu at @uni.lu and @uqam.ca |
#citizenscience #publichistory #preservation #heritage
www.uni.lu/c2dh-en/news...
The call is open until December 20
Collaboration between @c2dh.uni.lu at @uni.lu and @uqam.ca |
#citizenscience #publichistory #preservation #heritage
www.uni.lu/c2dh-en/news...
CfP: Citizen Practices in Producing and Preserving the Past
Call for papers for an international conference hosted by the C²DH on 11 and 12 May 2026.
www.uni.lu
October 29, 2025 at 8:44 AM
All but "amateurs". Join us in May 2026 for a conference on citizen history and people's commitment to preserve the past.
The call is open until December 20
Collaboration between @c2dh.uni.lu at @uni.lu and @uqam.ca |
#citizenscience #publichistory #preservation #heritage
www.uni.lu/c2dh-en/news...
The call is open until December 20
Collaboration between @c2dh.uni.lu at @uni.lu and @uqam.ca |
#citizenscience #publichistory #preservation #heritage
www.uni.lu/c2dh-en/news...
DARIAH (digital research infrastructure for art and humanities scholars in the EU) has a new journal, Transformations
Vol 1: workflows
transformations.episciences.org/volumes/965
@dariaheu.bsky.social #DH #DigitalHumanities
Vol 1: workflows
transformations.episciences.org/volumes/965
@dariaheu.bsky.social #DH #DigitalHumanities
Episciences
transformations.episciences.org
October 27, 2025 at 1:32 PM
DARIAH (digital research infrastructure for art and humanities scholars in the EU) has a new journal, Transformations
Vol 1: workflows
transformations.episciences.org/volumes/965
@dariaheu.bsky.social #DH #DigitalHumanities
Vol 1: workflows
transformations.episciences.org/volumes/965
@dariaheu.bsky.social #DH #DigitalHumanities
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Talking Records: Pollution in the Archive is now open for registration! 🏭🌊
In person symposium at The National Archives on 4th December: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talking-re...
Afternoon of online talks on 5th December: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talking-re...
#envhum #envhist
In person symposium at The National Archives on 4th December: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talking-re...
Afternoon of online talks on 5th December: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talking-re...
#envhum #envhist
Talking Records: Pollution in the Archive (in person)
Explore histories of pollution, contamination, and environmental damage in the archive at this one-day symposium at The National Archives.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Talking Records: Pollution in the Archive is now open for registration! 🏭🌊
In person symposium at The National Archives on 4th December: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talking-re...
Afternoon of online talks on 5th December: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talking-re...
#envhum #envhist
In person symposium at The National Archives on 4th December: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talking-re...
Afternoon of online talks on 5th December: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talking-re...
#envhum #envhist
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I built AcadiMeet to handle the specific chaos of university life. It does everything you expect from a scheduling app but it's built to handle fixed teaching schedules, faculty autonomy, and the rhythms of the semester.
If you're tired of Doodle, give it a try: acadimeet.org
#HigherEd #EdTech
If you're tired of Doodle, give it a try: acadimeet.org
#HigherEd #EdTech
AcadiMeet
buff.ly
October 21, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I built AcadiMeet to handle the specific chaos of university life. It does everything you expect from a scheduling app but it's built to handle fixed teaching schedules, faculty autonomy, and the rhythms of the semester.
If you're tired of Doodle, give it a try: acadimeet.org
#HigherEd #EdTech
If you're tired of Doodle, give it a try: acadimeet.org
#HigherEd #EdTech
JOB: Cartographic Cataloging Librarian
at Osher Map Library, Portland, Maine
fa-ewca-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
$53,000 salary
cc @archivesgig.bsky.social #maps
at Osher Map Library, Portland, Maine
fa-ewca-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
$53,000 salary
cc @archivesgig.bsky.social #maps
Cartographic Cataloging Librarian
The University of Southern Maine is committed to building a culturally diverse team of leaders, faculty, and staff. Multilingual applicants would be an asset to this role. Women, minorities, individua...
fa-ewca-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
JOB: Cartographic Cataloging Librarian
at Osher Map Library, Portland, Maine
fa-ewca-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
$53,000 salary
cc @archivesgig.bsky.social #maps
at Osher Map Library, Portland, Maine
fa-ewca-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
$53,000 salary
cc @archivesgig.bsky.social #maps
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Good morning everyone! I'm up bright and early at 2am ready to start another day attending (virtually) #LivingData2025. I'm presenting today on "Integrating research expedition data from the Biodiversity Heritage Library into the Wikiverse". Presentation & docs commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Categor...
October 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Good morning everyone! I'm up bright and early at 2am ready to start another day attending (virtually) #LivingData2025. I'm presenting today on "Integrating research expedition data from the Biodiversity Heritage Library into the Wikiverse". Presentation & docs commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Categor...
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"In America the Law is King." It's only Common Sense.
October 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
"In America the Law is King." It's only Common Sense.